HSBC is the largest bank in Europe, with 2.93 trillion USD in assets, as of December 2021. In this episode, we speak to their Head of Global Brand Experience - Donata Peksa herself.

Join us as we explore the issues of diversity and inclusion, through the lens of transparency and CSR. We also touch on other key topics including sustainability and the cost-of-living crisis, linking each point back to the fundamental condition of customer experience, and how to deliver brand excellence in a matrix world.

Connect with Donata - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donata-peksa-phd-8b0a232/

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Česká spořitelna is the Czech Republic's largest bank, but that doesn't hold them back from placing a core focus on the intimacy and quality of each customer's experience.

Listen in to find out how they prioritise CX across the organisation's various branches, how they educate customers in financial literacy, and why this practice is highly valuable. Featuring Monika Hruba, Česká spořitelna's Chief Financial Health and CX Officer.

Connect with Monika - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monikahruba/

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In our first episode of 2023, we sat down with Duncan - CEO and Head of Innovation at Pomegranate, the behavioural experience agency who use neuroscience to create ethical customer journeys. Join us as we explore the dark practices of neuromarketing, how biases inform customer purchases, and why behavioural segmentation is superior.

Connect with Duncan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan456/

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Tribal Worldwide is a brand experience agency, specialising in creating the Total Experience for its clients by incorporating the six key pillars of CX. As their Chief Experience Officer, Yasmin Borain is highly passionate about emotion design and studying human behaviour to build blended customer experiences and shape the future of retail.

Join us in the final episode of 2022, as Adam and Valentina talk to Yasmin about emotion design and how it can power blended experiences. We'll be hibernating over the holiday period, charging up to make 2023 our best year yet!

Connect with Yasmin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminborain/ 

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In a time of economic recession, customers are becoming more price-sensitive and wary of their relationships with brands. This creates a formidable challenge for companies seeking to maintain trust and loyalty with their customers, especially in the insurance industry.

Hear Piers Watson, Head of Customer Experience at NFU Mutual, discuss how this hurdle can be overcome, with unmissable perspectives on customer relationships and how to do things right before doing the right thing.

Connect with Piers - https://www.linkedin.com/in/piers-watson-a6862b1/ 

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BCR, the second-largest bank in Romania, is striving to optimise customer experience in a post-COVID era - when many customers are returning to physical services over the convenience of digital. Andrei Calin, Head of BCR's Customer Experience, discusses this shift and explores why researching consumer psychology could be the key to mastering CX in banking.

Connect with Andrei - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrei-calin/

Lysa Hardy is not only the Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director of Hotel Chocolat, the British luxury chocolatier, but she's also a Non-Executive Director for a property investment company, and the co-founder of her own skincare brand. Above all, Lysa has 4 kids. How does she balance it all?

In this episode, we dive into the secrets to leading a sustainable and prosperous life at home and at work. We cover topics including women in business, entrepreneurship, and compromise. We also explore Hotel Chocolat's excellent sustainability program and why it works. Hint: it's all about people!

Tune in to discover more.

Connect with Lysa - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lysa-hardy/

COVID-19 has left a drastic impact on the relationship between digital and face-to-face banking. Mona Ibrahim, Specialist in Service Quality and Voice of Customer at the National Bank of Egypt, explores this change through the area of customer feedback, with insights into the best practices, approaches to complaints, categorisation tactics and data metrics. 

Connect with Mona - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mona-ibrahim-98339918b/

In this episode, Valentina and Greg talk to Chief Experience Officer Benoit Soucaret, from Merkle! Benoit explores the concept of the metaverse and what it actually means for consumers and businesses today. He dives into the metaverse's security and legal concerns, potential applications, and the impact it will have on customer experience.

Connect with Benoit on LinkedIn!

Benoit Soucaret - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoitsoucaret/

In this episode, Valentina and Greg talk to experts from Santander Global T&O: Jorge Fernandez, Service Specialist, and Javier Hernandez, Project Delivery Manager.

Jorge and Javier explain the concept of the Internet of Things with its application in banking and describe the future of banking services in the retail environment. They also touch on the connection between IoT and sustainability and put the evolution of IoT into a global perspective.

Connect with Jorge and Javier on LinkedIn!

Jorge Fernandez - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-fernandez-villa-profesional-informatico/

Javier Hernandez - https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-d%C3%ADaz-hern%C3%A1ndez-53b5b326/